I am grateful that I am loaded with benefits, that I am carried and supported, that I am blessed beyond what I deserve.

I am grateful for cheap chips on a road trip – and grateful that I am not a truck driver, because I would weigh 972 pounds with this willpower or lack of.

I am grateful for this nugget from my devotions this morning:

A friend is someone who walks in when others walk out. – Walter Winchell

I am grateful for an abundance of friends who didn’t walk out, who didn’t abandon me, who didn’t feel the need to “fix” me with unsolicited advice but instead, they held my hand, offered their shoulder to lean on, and supported me with lots of prayer.

I am grateful for two pairs of glasses, so that when one becomes a toy and takes on a new shape, I still have…